Saturday, November 23, 2013

Get your 3D Printed Menurkey!

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OK, so the final product is actually made of ceramic, but 3D printing was integral in its prototyping stage.  The original design was create...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

The gear works!

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Who would have guessed?  A while back, a student printed this gear off of Thingiverse. When it printed, we all assumed it didn't work. ...
Monday, November 18, 2013

MAKE Magazine's Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing 2014 is released! (and we're IN IT?!)

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I recently picked up a couple of copies of the long-anticipated Make: Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing 2014 .  (You can read the highlights her...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

The Epic iPad Stand Journey

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There once was a student named Cole, who wanted to design and print an iPad stand. Little did he know just how epic his journey would be... ...
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Monday, November 4, 2013

Purposeful 3D Printing

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This year, we have implemented Maker Mondays at school.  Inspired by the Engineering Design portion of the Next Generation Science Standards...
Sunday, November 3, 2013

We Heart Making Things

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Today the students discovered that the cute message we get at the end of a print job, is (understandably) written in the gcode. They enjoy t...
Saturday, November 2, 2013

Maker Club at Discovery Days and the Bay Area Science Festival

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On Saturday, BPC Maker Club took to the road again for Discovery Days  at the Bay Area Science Festival! Discovery Days is the largest f...
Friday, October 25, 2013

Maker Club Visits Citrus Lab (UC Berkeley)

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On Friday, October 25, Maker Club had the opportunity to visit the Citrus Labs to see laundry folding robots, cool graduate projects and a m...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

3D Printer #4 - 3D Systems Cube

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Today, our new Cube arrived. This printer, unlike the rest, was free!  After a mutual professional acquaintance connected us and I shared s...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

Maker Club at the Mini-Maker Faire

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(post in progress... check back soon) In the meantime, you can check out our Flickr pics of the event. UPDATE 1.2.14:  2013's Mini...